PH to host 1st cross-country Budayaw Fest

The 1st Budayaw: 2017 Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines—East-Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Festival on Culture and Arts, a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary festival of arts and culture of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the EAGA will take place in General Santos City and Sarangani Province from September 28 to October 3.

With the theme “Taking Pride in the Creative Diversity of the BIMP-EAGA Region,” the festival will showcase the diversity of creative expressions of the region. The five-day fest shall gather around 300 contemporary artists and indigenous cultural masters whose works will be simultaneously showcased in various venues in Mindanao particularly in General Santos City and in the Province of Sarangani.